Calling all future leaders! Join MOHAI and Nonprofit Leader.org for Seattle's third annual Youth Empowerment Day. During this day-long event, teens will learn strategies for making an impact on issues that matter to them through engaging workshops, hands-on activities, inspiring guest speakers, and will even have the chance to win $1,000 in startup capital to launch their own non-profit organization.
Al Smith documented decades of change in Seattle's Central District. Today, over 1,000 people move to Seattle every week. From community land trusts to development moratoriums and community controlled development—come learn about local organizations' strategies for resisting displacement and keeping communities intact.
What exactly did Seattle's open housing movement achieve? How were Seattle's neighborhoods transformed in the wake of fair housing legislation? Once hemmed in to the Central District by restrictive covenants, Seattle's African American population was slowly moving southward during the 1970s and 1980s. Learn about the ways in which Seattle's segregated housing patterns were challenged and how the city's racial geography changed in the midst of a housing crisis.
Accusations of "fake news" have dominated the national news cycle for the last two years. Misinformation runs rampant on social media and erodes the public's trust in traditional media. This is not a new problem. Political distortion of truth characterizes much of America's press history. Join veteran journalist Enrique Cerna as he moderates an important community conversation with historians and media experts that explores how to find the facts amid the fiction.
How do you spot fake news? What can you do to stop the spread of fake news stories? In this evening, drop-in program, start taking action in response to September's Community Conversation: The Reality of Fake News. Food and drink will be available at the South Lake Café during the program.
MOHAI is honored to host a naturalization swearing-in ceremony welcoming new US citizens to our community.
According to local radical Louise Olivereau, the Espionage Act of 1917 did just that. Olivereau opposed U.S. involvement in World War I and encouraged men to refuse to fight. This act of dissent led to her conviction under the Espionage Act. The right to dissent is seen by some as an act of treason, and by others as an act of patriotism. Join moderator Scott Winn, civil liberties expert Bryan Adamson, and historian Lorraine McConaghy to explore patriotism, pacifism, and the limits of free speech.
Get hands-on with primary sources, activities, and art-making that use historical thinking to build media literacy in the classroom. Learn how to conduct research using MOHAI's collection, build tools that support object-based inquiry, and create multi-disciplinary learning experiences that stretch students' critical and creative thinking skills. The workshop includes time in WW1 America and lunch, plus educators will leave with primary sources, tools, and activities to take back to the classroom.
You create the content at this one-day pop-up exhibit! Bring your favorite WWI era artifact and join the conversation about how WWI impacted life in America.
How do you shape the national narrative? From marketing a war to tackling current social issues, propaganda posters have long served as a means to shift public perception.
In the Central District, the Liberty Bank Building stood as a testament to the resilience of a community facing redlining and racist disinvestment. With the original building gone, a coalition of non-profits formed to make this historic site a model of community-led development, designed to address displacement of the African American community from the Central District.